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APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING GOODS IN EXCHANGE FOR COIN.

No. 398,279. Patented Feb. 19, 1889.

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APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING GOODS'IN EXCHANGE FOR COIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,279, dated February 19, 1889. Application filed September 8,1838- Serial No. 284,921. (No model.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD POWELL, solicitor, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 4-4 Broad Street, Newtown, in the county of Montgomery, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Goods in Exchange for Coin, of which the following is a specification.

I place the articles to be delivered in radial compartments or cells arranged around the circumference of a horizontal disk or ring, constituting a good carrier, to which a step by-step motion of rotation is given, so as to bring each compartment in turn opposite to a hole in a casing of the apparatus. The articles to be delivered always rest on thehorizontal disk, and are not liable to be damaged by its rotation, whether they lit the compart ments or not. The step-by-step movementis given to the horizontal disk by an operating arm capable of turning about the same vertical axis as the disk. This operating-arm is not rigidly fixed to the disk; but a coin dropped in to the apparatus forms a key connecting the two together. The disk can then be moved one step, when the coin falls away, severing the connection, so that the disk cannot be moved the next step until another coin has been inserted. The mechanism for effecting this is as follows: The division-plates between the compartments form stops, a radial spring-bolt entering between one pair of them, so that normally the disk cannot be turned. The coin enters the apparatus by a vertical slot and remains in a vertical position when inside, being carried by a hook or coin-holder on the handle, and being prevented from moving forward or backward by the hook and by a circular guide concentric with the casing. \Vhen the operating-arm is now turned, the coin comes against and forces back a curved lever, which operates the bolt, withdrawing it, leaving the horizontal disk free to be turned, and at the same time protruding another bolt. As the operating-arm continues to be turned, the last-named bolt comes against the next stop, and the movement of the operating-arm now causes the horizontal disk to revolve. The coin shortly after this clears the lever, actuating the first-named bolt, and the latter, being forced outward by its spring, enters the next space between the stops, and thereby prevents the disk from being turned more than one step. hen the operating arm has been turned so that the mouth of the compartment is opposite to the opening, the coin comes to the end of the circular guide, and, being no longer supported by it, drops out of thehook or holder on the handle and fallsinto a receptacle. The handle may then be turned back to its original position. If a coin of too small size is put into the apparatus, it drops, not being retained as above described.

The apparatus can also be arranged so that the horizontal disk can only be turned by the operating-arm when two or other fixed number of coins are inserted. In this case the hook on the handle is extended downward, so as to allow all the coins inserted except the last to fall below the lever operating the bolts The concentric guide is also extended down ward, so that the coinsare all held by same and the hook, the first coin being held in the hook and it and the subsequently-inserted coins supporting those coming after, and the last coin being opposite the lever operating the bolts, as in the case of a single coin. The apparatus works and the coins fall as before.

It is evident that the apparatus may be made in the form of a column having a number of horizontal plates with receptacles.

In order that my said invention may be more fully understood and readily carried in to effect, I will proceed to describethe drawings hereunto annexed.

The drawings show an a iparatus having several horizontal plates with receptacles.

Figure l is a a horizontal section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation with part of the casing removed. Fig. 3 is a section of the same on the line 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the apparatus is actuated by means of two or more coins.

The casing A is preferably cylindrical, as shown, the outer and inner sides being separated to constitute the annular passage-way for the goods-carrier. The goods-carrier is formed of an annular plate or bottom piece, a, carrying division plates or partitions 1) 12 &e., which divide the goods-carrier into a series of compartments.

The goods-carrier is mounted on a frame, A, which is pivoted at a and adapted to revolve thereon. The casing A is provided with an offset, A within which the mechanism for revolving the goodscarricr is located.

An operating-arm, C, pivoted at a and extcndin g through the goods-carrier, is provided with a handle, 0, which projects through a slot, O, in the offset 1V. The handle 0 is pivoted at c to the outer end of the operatingarm C for a purpose hereinafter described. To the outer end of the operating'arm C is secured a hooked plate or coin-holder, e, arranged within the offset A and normally opposite slots d in the casing, through which coins are delivered. A plate, f, rigidly secured to the casing between the coin-holder and the goods-carrier, is adapted, in conjunction with the coin-holder e, to support the coin andforms a gage determining the size of the opening between the hooked holder and the plate, so that coin smaller than the predetermined size will not lodge in the coin-holder and the apparatus will not be operated. A locking-lever, g, pivoted at g to the operating-arm C, engages at one end with a sliding bolt, 71, normally held in engagement with one of the partitions I) 5 or whichever one happens to be near it, and prevents the rotation or movement of the goods-carrier. The opposite end of the lever g is provided with an inclined projection, g with which the coin e in the coin-holder engages when it is positively moved to operate the apparatus. A sliding bolt, j, carried by the operating-arm C, is normally held away from the goods-carrier by a coiled spring, This bolt is provided on its under sides with a stud or pin,;j, which engages with the flange or short rail f on the plate), when the operating-arm is moved to bring the stud j into contact with the rail. A spring-acting pawl or dog, 0, engages with the' partition I), 850., on the goods-carrier, and prevents backward movement thereof, but readily yields to the :torward movement of the apparatus. hen the operating-arm C is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow, if a coin, c, has been inserted in the coin-holder, as indicated in Fig. 1, the coin will come in contact with the end g of the locking-lever g and will turn it on its pivot g, thereby withdrawing the bolt h from eng gement with the goods-carrier. At the same time the boltj will be pushed fonvanfl, the lever g being arranged to engage with the bolt, as indicated. .Ily the continued movement of the operating-arm the boltj will engage with the partition or division plate of the goods-carrier and will move it forward. As soon as the bolt j has reached the flange or rail f on the plate fand the coin has passed the end of the lever g the pin 7" engages with the flange f, so that the return of the bolt is prevented until the operating-arm. has been. brought back. After the coin has been deposited from its holder the locking-arm g is freed and the bolt h shoots 1 tion by the spring forward and engages with a partition of the goods-carrier to prevent further movement. Preferably, however, the boltj and flange f are so arranged that at the extreme end of the forward movement of the operating-arm the pin j passes over the end of the flange f, and the bolt is returned to its original posi- At the end of the forward movement of the operating-arm. and coin-carrier the coin is delivered to an inclined plate, 7.", which permits it to pass to a suitable receptacle.

The above-described apparatus maybe duplicated, as indicated.

In order to expel the article from the receptacle in the goodscarrier, I employ a pusher, Z, arranged within the casing A and opposite the delivering-opening A of the case. The pusher Z is normally held withdrawn from the goods-carrier by a spring, 02., secured to the casing. A lever, m, pivoted to the casing at m, engages at its inner end, m with the pusher. Its short-bent outer end, on", carries a pin, m which engages with the forked arm 0, rigidly connected with the handle 0 of the opcrating-lever (l.

The handle (3 and its forked arm c are pivoted to the operating-arm at 0 and are free to turn thereon when not locked by the stud 17, located on the casing opposite the opening (J, and by a stud secured to the lever m at its pivot m. \Vhen the handle is freed, it is turned relative to the operatingarm C after engagement with the stud m on the end of the lever m, thereby turning the lever on on its pivot on, and causing the pusher Z to enter the compartment of the goods-carrier in line with the opening A thus expelling the article contained within said compartment. When the handle 0 is released, the spring a withdraws the pusher from the compartment, returns the lever m to its original position, and the operating-arm C is returned by the spring q, secured to the casing and operating arm, as indicated in Fig. 1.

It will be understood that a single operat ing-arm may be used, as shown in the drawings, for all the disks, in which case a single casing running from top to bottom of the apparatus contains all the hooks and boltsj, which revolve'with it and the operating-arm; but the mechanism correspomling to those disks only which have received coins will be actuated, and those disks alone will be turned, for where no coin has been introduced there is nothing to actuate the lovers 9, and there fore the bolts It will not be withdrawn nor the bolt j protruded.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I wish it to be understood that I do not claim generally automatic delivery-boxes, in which the articles to be delivered are placed in compartments or cells arranged around the eircumference of a horizontal disk or ring; but

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination, substantially as here inbeforc set forth, of the casing, the goodscarrier having partitions or dividing plates, the operating-arm, the coin-holder carried therel y, and the locking mechanism operated by a coin in the coiirholder to engage with the goods-carrier and move it forward with the operating-ar1n.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the casing, the goodscarrier having partitions dividing it into coinpartments, the operating-arm, the locking-lever carried thereby, the bolts operated by said lever andengaging at times to prevent the forward movement of the goods-carrier and at times to move it forward, and the coin-holder carried by the operating-arm and bringing the coin into engagement with the locking-lever to operate it.

The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the casing, the goodscarrier contain ed therein and having the partitions or plates dividing it into a series of compartments, the operating-arm, the locking-1ever carried by said arm, the coin-holder secured to the operating-arm, and the guideplate secured to the casing opposite the coin-' holder.

4. The cmnbination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the casing, the goodscarrier contained therein and having partitions or plates dividing it into a series of compartments, the operating-arm, the locking-lever carried by said arm, a coin-holder secured to the operating-arm, the guide-plate secured to the casi ng opposite the coin-holder, the pawl or dog engaging with the goods-carrier to prevent its backward movement, and the spring for drawing back the operatingarm to its original position.

5. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the casing, the goods carrier having partitions dividing it into a se ries of compartments, the pusher, the operating-arm, and connections between the pusher and the operating'arm, whereby the pusher is forced into a compartment for the delivery of goods from the carrier.

0. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the casing, the goodscarrier, the operating-arm, the lever m, engaging with the pusher, and the forked arm on the handle 0, pivoted to the operating-arm and engaging with the lever m.

EDlVARD POWELL.

Vitne'sses:

\VALTER J. SKERTEN, PERCY K. WoonwARD, Both of 17 Gracechurch Street, London, E. O. 

